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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23


                   CONSENT OF LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC.


As independent oil and gas consultants, Lee Keeling and Associates, Inc. hereby
consents to the use of our reserve report dated as of January 1, 2001 and all
references to our firm included in or made a part of the Gothic Energy
Corporation Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
or about March 28, 2001. We also consent to the references to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Form 10-K.


                                          LEE KEELING AND ASSOCIATES, INC.


                                          By: /s/ Kenneth Renberg
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Kenneth Renberg, Vice President

Tulsa, Oklahoma
March 23, 2001


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